By Kayode Shopekan Former President Goodluck Jonathan and APC Chieftain Jonathan Vatsa has reacted to the Invasion of Odili’s Residence EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the invasion of Justice Odili’s residence on a whistleblower’s information that was not properly investigated before invading and bringing embarrassment to the Justice. Read … Read more
Wike said he feels fulfilled that PDP got it right with its national convention… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the process of selecting the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election will be turbulent. Wike, who spoke in an interview with a national … Read more
Kano Police Arrest 13 Notorious Thugs Over Attack on Senator’s Campaign Office, Recover Dangerous Weapons EKO HOT BLOG reports that thirteen suspected thugs (Yan Daba) have been detained in connection with the attack on the campaign office of Senator Barau Jibril of Kano North Senatorial District. According to reports, hundreds of thugs armed with lethal … Read more
Ondo Assembly Confirms 14 Commissioner-Nominees EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the list of 14 commissioner-nominees forwarded to it by the State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a letter signed by Secretary to the State Government, Catherine Oladunni-Odu, … Read more
PDP says it has learnt from its mistakes during the last gubernatorial election in Kogi state EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party governorship (PDP) aspirant in the 2019 elections, Abubakar Idris, said the party has learnt from its mistakes which led to losing to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Idris, son … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the media to exert pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amended Electoral Act. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the governor said it was important that the media should enlighten Nigerians to know why there should be an electronic transmission of election results in order to … Read more
Former Senate President Joseph Wayas is Dead EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Senate President in the Second Republic Joseph Wayas is dead, governor of Cross River State Ben Ayade announced on Thursday. Wayas reportedly died in a London hospital. He was aged 80. Mr Ayade, in a statement by his spokesman Christian Ita, said … Read more
Electoral Act: INEC breaks silence on Buhari’s letter He said INEC was aware that Nigerians were waiting for this bill and also conscious of the fact that a comprehensive, clear, unambiguous and forward-looking electoral legal framework… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has broken its silence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter … Read more
By Babatunde Kaka Hon Segun Agbaje, a former Chairman of Epe Local Government on November 28, 2021, commissioned a facility as part of concerted efforts to support the Presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking while addressing the party faithful, Hon Segun Agbaje revealed that the … Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi ordered those serving in his government who would like to contest the governorship primaries to tender their resignation. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Fayemi who gave the instruction on Wednesday, gave the appointees a deadline of December 18. The directive was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s … Read more
Elders’ Caucus, led by Chief Bisi Akande, has initiated a move to end the animosity rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the elders want to pacify aggrieved members ahead of next year’s governorship poll which will take place in about 7 months’ time. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has welcomed the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa at about 10 am on Wednesday and was received by Buhari. He, thereafter, inspected a guard of honour and was treated to a 21-gun salute. Read Also: IPOB … Read more
Kano APC insists on challenging a court ruling over lack of jurisdiction EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kano State Government has rejected an Abuja High Judgement, nullifying the Governor Ganduje led APC Congresses, insisting the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter. A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja had nullified the congresses … Read more
Drama as Senators clash over army recruitment EKO HOT BLOG reports that on Tuesday evening, the Senate wing of the National Assembly was eerily quiet as members of the Senate Committee on Army battled about alleged lopsidedness in recent Nigerian Army (NA) recruitments. The event occurred during a discussion between members of the committee and … Read more
2023: Only a president from the North Central can rescue Nigeria – Baraje EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that only a President from the north-central zone can rescue Nigeria from it’s current state of comatose. All that is necessary, … Read more
Immediate past Chairman of Coker/Aguda LCDA Hon Omobolanle Adetutu Akinyemi-Obe has been appointed the Chairman of Lagos Women for SWAGA. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Akinyemi-Obe has been appointed as the Chairman, Lagos Women for the South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA). The former council boss has been instructed to take charge of the … Read more
The president, who received the bill 10 days after it was passed has until December 19 to sign it… EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requesting advice over the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021. The letter addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud … Read more
2023 presidency: North-Central PDP adopts Saraki EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Senate President Bukola Saraki has been named the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election by chieftains and stakeholders in the North-Central zone. Prof. Yorwuese Hagher, a stakeholder and head of the Movement for North Central Presidency, told journalists in Lafia … Read more
Kanu’s Lawyer fumes over Sen Kalu’s visit to the IPOB leader in DSS custody EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the main counsel for jailed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, has urged an inquiry into former Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu’s visit to his client in DSS custody on Monday. … Read more
Saraki’s 2023 Presidential Posters Flood Ibadan EKO HOT BLOG reports that in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, posters of former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki for the 2023 presidential election have surfaced. Recall that Saraki ruled Kwara State as governor between 2003 and 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki … Read more